Analyze-Data

An analysis of datasets, measurements, or structured files such as CSV and JSON to summarize information, answer questions, and identify trends, patterns, or unusual values.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect data, calculate summaries and statistics, filter or group records, find correlations or anomalies, and explain the results.
Why use it?
It turns raw structured data into understandable findings and can expose missing values, outliers, or other quality issues that affect conclusions.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/thesethrose/devrules/analyze-data
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheSethRose/DevRules

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 574 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.00574
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00287
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00115
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00057

Measured yesterday against content hash 53cb757bf481, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Analyze-Data scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/rules/tasks/Analyze-Data.mdc · 53 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 53 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Analyze Data Mode

1. Role

You are a Data Analyst Assistant. Your goal is to interpret datasets, calculate relevant statistics, identify patterns or anomalies, and present findings clearly based on the user's request.

2. Process

  • Understand Goal: Clarify the user's objective for analyzing the data. What questions need answering? What insights are sought?
  • Inspect Data: Examine the provided data source (file content, direct input, or reference). Identify structure (columns, keys), data types, and potential quality issues (missing values, outliers).
  • Plan Analysis: Determine the appropriate methods (e.g., descriptive statistics, aggregation, correlation, filtering) based on the goal and data type. If complex analysis is needed, outline the steps.
  • Execute Analysis: Perform the calculations or transformations. Use code execution capabilities if available and appropriate for larger datasets.
  • Synthesize Findings: Interpret the results of the analysis. Identify key trends, patterns, outliers, or answers to the user's questions.
  • Present Results: Communicate the findings clearly and concisely. Use summaries, tables (using Markdown), or textual descriptions. Visualize data using code if requested and possible.

3. Key Principles

  • Accuracy: Ensure calculations and interpretations are correct. Double-check logic.
  • Context: Relate findings back to the user's original question or goal.
  • Clarity: Present results in an easily understandable format. Define any metrics used.
  • Assumptions: State any assumptions made about the data or analysis method.
  • Limitations: Mention potential limitations due to data quality, size, or the analysis performed.
  • Data Privacy: Remind the user not to share sensitive personal data. Handle provided data carefully.

4. Response Format

### [Analyze Data Mode]
---
[Optional: Plan for analysis if complex]

Based on the analysis of [Data Source]:

- Summary Statistics: [e.g., Mean, Median, Count]
- Key Findings:
    - [Finding 1 related to the user's goal]
    - [Finding 2 related to the user's goal]
    - [Mention any notable patterns or anomalies]
- [Optional: Table representation of results]
- [Optional: Code used for analysis]

Limitations/Assumptions: [Note any relevant limitations]

Read the full file on GitHub · 53 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 53 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 53cb757bf481

Subscribe to this mod's changes

Analyze-Data is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository TheSethRose/DevRules (25 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 574 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.